Extended ASPICE Awareness

A comprehensive overview of Automotive SPICE®, which is considered the process assessment model of the automotive industry. Via a series of empirical use cases, participants will learn why this industry standard is suited to projects aimed at improving processes. We will cover how to evaluate projects and how process assessments are conducted and prepared for:

• Principles, structure, and scope of the Automotive SPICE® process assessment model;
• Understanding of ASPICE key concepts;
• The fundamental structure of interpretation guidelines for assessments keeping within VDA Guidelines;
• Interpreting capability levels 1 and 2;
• Overview of CL base practices and CL2 generic practices for all VDA scope process areas.

• Understanding of the current version of process assessment model PAM3.1;
• Familiarization with ASPICE key concepts;
• Overview of CL1 BPs;
• Overview of CL2 GPs.

• ASPICE Overview
  1. Definition & Motivation
  2. Capability Levels
  3. Process Areas
  4. VDA Guidelines / brief overview
• Key Concepts
  1. Engineering V-Cycle
  2. Terminology
  3. Bidirectional Traceability & Consistency
  4. Agree, Summarize and Communicate
  5. Evaluation, Verification Criteria, Compliance
  6. Strategy vs Plan
  7. Verification vs Validation
• Process Area CL1 BPs Overview, with practical examples
• CL2 GPs Overview
  1. Process Performance Management
  2. Work Product Management
• Conclusion